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Banned books: a BBC Radio drama collection: four full-cast dramatisations of modern classics

by based on the novels by James Joyce, Radclyffe Hall, Aldous Huxley

2026· 10h 51m

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Deviant. Depraved. Dangerous. Denounced for their transgressive themes and inflammatory ideas, these 20th-century classics have all been considered so seditious that they had to be suppressed. Find out what made these iconic works so threatening to governments worldwide in these superlative dramatisations, featuring stellar casts and specially composed music.

Read by: Andrew Scott
Language: English
Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
ISBN: 9781807843403

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